Eomoropidae

Taxobox
name = "Eomoropidae"
fossil_range = Eocene


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Perissodactyla
superfamilia = Chalicotheroidea
familia = Eomoropidae
familia authority = Matthew, 1929
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Eomoropus" "Litolophus"

Eomoropidae is a family of odd-toed ungulates, a group which also includes horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs. They were most closely related to the extinct chalicotheres, which they greatly resemble, and may have been their immediate ancestors. They were, however, much smaller than the later forms, being around the size of a sheep. Like their later relatives, they were probably browsers on leaves and other soft vegetation, and, unlike most other ungulates, had claws on their feetcite book |author= Savage, RJG, & Long, MR|year=1986 |title= Mammal Evolution: an illustrated guide|publisher= Facts on File|location=New York|pages= 199|isbn= 0-8160-1194-X] .

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